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when a million and a half iranians were demonstrating in 2009, obama, obama, are you with us o or with them, he did basically nothing. in the face of the 30,000 killed and massacred in syria, there's no leadership. in the case of iraq, we should have left a residual force. i can tell you it's unraveling, the latest being maliki allowing iranians to overfly iraq and bring weapons into syria. that's one of the influences there. what i'm saying is we need more robust american leadership because that's -- if the united states doesn't lead, then i would ask who do you want to lead? obviously that's not a good option. by the way, could i just add, i know americans are war weary. i know they're tired of iraq and afghanistan, but we cannot allow that whole part of the world to unravel the way that it is proceeding to do now because of aa lack of american leadership. >> senator, you mentioned karzai in afghanistan. he issued a statement where he said he was very unhappy to hear about that film that had gone out. he said nothing about any of the embassies being overrun. look at the same situatio
when a million and a half iranians were demonstrating in 2009, obama, obama, are you with us o or with them, he did basically nothing. in the face of the 30,000 killed and massacred in syria, there's no leadership. in the case of iraq, we should have left a residual force. i can tell you it's unraveling, the latest being maliki allowing iranians to overfly iraq and bring weapons into syria. that's one of the influences there. what i'm saying is we need more robust american leadership because...
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president obama ended up talking to him for over an hour on the phone. but he made some of the strongest comments he's made to date, pushing back against the u.s. government at this point. >> and it's great the way the papers are portraying it. "the new york times." the israeli leader kind of stiffened the call a little bit. for the u.s. to -- in terms of iran. drudge is drudge, but it was funny. they got a great picture of him looking at obama. usa and israel in open feud. and then it says white house declines request to meet with obama. because schedule full. right after that. announces "letterman" appearance. >> oh boy. really? everything is subjective. depends on where you're getting your news. that's why some people watch what they want to hear. fox news, msnbc during the dnc. who do we have? we have people that are just really interested in investing and stocks. >> i was thinking the other day, your html high performance. you're very cerebral and smart about these things. the other day you were most excited about the sheila behar and we spent about
president obama ended up talking to him for over an hour on the phone. but he made some of the strongest comments he's made to date, pushing back against the u.s. government at this point. >> and it's great the way the papers are portraying it. "the new york times." the israeli leader kind of stiffened the call a little bit. for the u.s. to -- in terms of iran. drudge is drudge, but it was funny. they got a great picture of him looking at obama. usa and israel in open feud. and...
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in political new, romney and obama will campaign in florida today. both campaigns are reaching back into the past, attacking each other with videotaped messages. and yesterday jack welch kept saying why 2016. romney's assessment of obama supporters and a secretly recorded meeting of a hedge fund guy during a private fund-raising earlier this year still causing problems for his campaign it says here. but now republicans are firing back accusing president obama of trying to redistribute wealth, using a 1998 recording of then senator barack obama talking about make government more efficient at a loyola university chicago conference. check it out. >> i think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution. because i actually believe in rediss friday abuse. at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot. >> he said some years ago something which we're hearing about today on the internet. he said that he believes in redistribution. >> governor romney and con
in political new, romney and obama will campaign in florida today. both campaigns are reaching back into the past, attacking each other with videotaped messages. and yesterday jack welch kept saying why 2016. romney's assessment of obama supporters and a secretly recorded meeting of a hedge fund guy during a private fund-raising earlier this year still causing problems for his campaign it says here. but now republicans are firing back accusing president obama of trying to redistribute wealth,...
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obama's speech is going to produce a bump. it's a polarized electorate. bumps aren't easy. democrats are happy with last night. >> john, very early on in clinton's speech he really tried to own the obama line about you didn't build it. i thought that was actually somewhat surprising really trying to suggest that actually maybe that line he actually meant the first time around. >> well, democrats do mean it in the sense that not in the way in which republicans have been using it against the president, but they do believe -- i mean, it's the whole theory behind hillary clinton's book "it takes the village." we all remember that. it's the idea that collective action is a big part of our individual success, which is something that when we look at, say, a country like iraq where we've been at war, the emphasis on the rebuilding process is on creating institutions and civil society and rule of law and all the things that allow individual enterprise to prosper. that's the point the democrats were making and they're trying to drive th
obama's speech is going to produce a bump. it's a polarized electorate. bumps aren't easy. democrats are happy with last night. >> john, very early on in clinton's speech he really tried to own the obama line about you didn't build it. i thought that was actually somewhat surprising really trying to suggest that actually maybe that line he actually meant the first time around. >> well, democrats do mean it in the sense that not in the way in which republicans have been using it...
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we're now going to wait and measure the results of president obama. these were the last big events to potentially shape this campaign before a series of four debates, which begin on october 3rd, guys. >> one thing is the second verse, same as the first. criticisms of the republicans was that they didn't come up with details on this. and i think you could say the same of the speech last night. we don't have real details on how anybody plans to fix the economy. both sides saying, trust me. >> reporter: of course. some of that criticism of mitt romney was a little silly because mitt romney wasn't trying to offer policy details. he was trying to deal with the problem he has as a result of democratic attacks in particular on his business experience. he wanted to make the american people feel a little better about him. that's how his speech was pitched. what president obama was trying to do, again, was not offer a laundry list of policy details but deal with the disappointment of people. that's critical. he had huge turnout in 2008. very enthusiasm base of
we're now going to wait and measure the results of president obama. these were the last big events to potentially shape this campaign before a series of four debates, which begin on october 3rd, guys. >> one thing is the second verse, same as the first. criticisms of the republicans was that they didn't come up with details on this. and i think you could say the same of the speech last night. we don't have real details on how anybody plans to fix the economy. both sides saying, trust me....
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health care, obama 45, romney 32. perhaps there's inroads romney could make on the meter which is about in the 10% to 15% range. the deficit, the one issue of the eight categories where romney wins it but look at the huge margin. 73% of the public says it's worse than four years ago. flthis side, romney has a slight edge thank you for going backward, brian. one other issue i want to show you here, america's standing in the world, a lot of talk with the u.n. and issues of foreign policy, overwhelming margins americans think our standing in the world is worse than it was four years ago. flip on over, who is better? obama, 44-32, again, romney's support never goes above about 38% but that neither remains around 10, 11 or 12%. i want to show you the three categories where americans say things are not worse, stocks, 34% say things are better than they were four years ago, that's really interesting. i'll get more into this at 10:00. the s&p over the past four years is up 80% but only 34% of americans say their stocks are be
health care, obama 45, romney 32. perhaps there's inroads romney could make on the meter which is about in the 10% to 15% range. the deficit, the one issue of the eight categories where romney wins it but look at the huge margin. 73% of the public says it's worse than four years ago. flthis side, romney has a slight edge thank you for going backward, brian. one other issue i want to show you here, america's standing in the world, a lot of talk with the u.n. and issues of foreign policy,...
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. >> it's very true that that is a huge insult for the president, for president obama. and i wouldn't take that lightly at all. i'd be irate if someone did that. are we going to the global markets? i already saw ross read those quotes and, just, his expression i think epitomized the gravity of what we're dealing with here. of course he is over in europe where they long ago, tocqueville tried to convince the united states and the way things are done here and loved the way we did things here. and tried to write about it and talk about how when -- i have a chart to show that you we really have only gotten up to the 49% number in recent years. if we have that-wil -- here's t chart. you go back to 1962. and i think it was in the teens the number of people that paid no federal income tax. and it slowly steadily has been rising until 2009 where we're at 49.5%. so even in 1970, it was 12%. and we point out that payroll taxes, they pay sales taxes, i don't know whether they pay state income tax. >> those people paying 15.3% in social security taxes, i think it's a problem and th
. >> it's very true that that is a huge insult for the president, for president obama. and i wouldn't take that lightly at all. i'd be irate if someone did that. are we going to the global markets? i already saw ross read those quotes and, just, his expression i think epitomized the gravity of what we're dealing with here. of course he is over in europe where they long ago, tocqueville tried to convince the united states and the way things are done here and loved the way we did things...
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obama? that's probably a no, probably have 46. you're starting with 46 and how many obama people have switched this time around said i'm not going with obama? and how many people don't show that aren't as excited as they were in. >> those are the voter turnout numbers on the youth side and in the black and hispanic community the registration roles are way down. >> is there anything you heard on friday that we've never heard before? >> what i thought was -- >> if he told you he'd have to kill you. don't tell him. >> what he focused on first, he talked about his five plans was energy and he talked about it very knowledgeably and enthusiastically and i thought that was an interesting perspective. when i talked to investors the story people are most bullish about in the back half of the decade is the energy, going from $300 billion a year deficit to something closer to zero, could change the capital spending environment, he talked enthusiastically around that and the specifics around the small b
obama? that's probably a no, probably have 46. you're starting with 46 and how many obama people have switched this time around said i'm not going with obama? and how many people don't show that aren't as excited as they were in. >> those are the voter turnout numbers on the youth side and in the black and hispanic community the registration roles are way down. >> is there anything you heard on friday that we've never heard before? >> what i thought was -- >> if he told...
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because this economy is enacting extreme austerity, and this debate is relevant whether it's obama or romney. is austerity actually denting growth, is it creating more problems than it solves. let me give you one example. we have a sales tax in this country that has been raised from 16% to 18% to 21%. that has created a slight inflation issue. now, pensions are inflation linked. and this country in november has to increase pension abouts by inflation. so by raising 2.5 billion euro v.a.t., it will cost them 3.5 billion euro misincreased pension costs. so you can see the conundrum. they're enacting enormous amounts of austerity, but that's denting an economy which is already in recession. its second since 2008. and things are getting worse. 25% unemployment, a million up sold homes. and we haven't even talked about the banking crisis and the autonomous region, some of which including catalonia are looking trying to get some form of assembly. it is a toxic mix. >> imagine that there will be pressure on markets as this they think unfolds. we're also counting down to the wire here of cour
because this economy is enacting extreme austerity, and this debate is relevant whether it's obama or romney. is austerity actually denting growth, is it creating more problems than it solves. let me give you one example. we have a sales tax in this country that has been raised from 16% to 18% to 21%. that has created a slight inflation issue. now, pensions are inflation linked. and this country in november has to increase pension abouts by inflation. so by raising 2.5 billion euro v.a.t., it...
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do i think, look, obama, i get what obama's doing, he comes here and meets with four leaders and there's 25 that wonder why he didn't meet with them. he doesn't need that. >> what about netanyahu? >> well, netanyahu's been a problem. when you send the vice president to israel and the housing minister announces they're going to move into the settlements and have more illegal settlements. >> yeah. >> this is a personal problem. i don't think it's a problem between israel and america, i think it's a problem between netanyahu and obama. >> yeah. all right. >> i guess we've got to go. >> you all right? we get to see each other almost every week now. >> it's amazing. you did a great job on kudlow. >> i loved hearing you. and what we have is what this country needs. i don't know why we can't get it, do you? >> yeah, we can work this stuff out if we can sit down and talk instead of sloganeeing all the time. >> well, you forget the 9 million. >> i've got to watch you like a hawk. but anyway, thanks, governor, we appreciate it. >> see you guys later, thanks. >>> coming up, the case for precious me
do i think, look, obama, i get what obama's doing, he comes here and meets with four leaders and there's 25 that wonder why he didn't meet with them. he doesn't need that. >> what about netanyahu? >> well, netanyahu's been a problem. when you send the vice president to israel and the housing minister announces they're going to move into the settlements and have more illegal settlements. >> yeah. >> this is a personal problem. i don't think it's a problem between israel...
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this is a huge headache for president obama? >> well, i just built a $900 million building in chicago and it's something i'm very proud of, and i see this going on in chicago and i'm not happy about it from any standpoint. i look at it from that's a selfish, personal standpoint but chicago is a great city and things are going to have to happen quickly in chicago. >> don't you think they will? i don't think we'll hear, i mean this is rahm, so i don't think we'll hear anything out of the obama administration, any type of comment about what to do in this case, do you? >> no, you're not going to hear any comment and this could go a long -- this isn't the first teacher's strike. >> it's been 25 years though. >> we've had them in new york and all over. this is the one right now under the magnifying glass. you won't hearing anything from washington. >> we have an election in 56 days and former chief of staff and his hometown. >> let's look -- hey, donald, how are you? >> hi? how are you doing? >> good. how is your golf? >> my golf is o
this is a huge headache for president obama? >> well, i just built a $900 million building in chicago and it's something i'm very proud of, and i see this going on in chicago and i'm not happy about it from any standpoint. i look at it from that's a selfish, personal standpoint but chicago is a great city and things are going to have to happen quickly in chicago. >> don't you think they will? i don't think we'll hear, i mean this is rahm, so i don't think we'll hear anything out of...
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>> what about michelle obama? >> i think he just cited elizabeth warren's prime time speech. >> but do you have all the good positions, the democrats do. you care about people, not greedy money. you don't want to cut off health care for old people, you you love old people, you care about educating children. and by definition, i guess republicans are on the opposite side of all those positions which is a lousy -- you staked out all the good positions. >> this is working out great. >> it's difficult to run on that platform. >> it's that kind of rhetoric actually that really makes any kind of reform just impossible, right? because any reform of any existing system means that you are by definition, you know, just -- you want to create pottervilles in america by doing anything. >> it's working, though. >> i don't understand that at all. i mean, look, let's bring it down to kind of a reality level here. reform. okay. certainly i feel very strongly that the financial sector needs reform. and financial regulatory reform w
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time for president obama to slap back. he got a warmup after mitt romney said that you'd fire a football coach with the record like president obama's. he made fun of republican's plan for the economy. here is president obama. >> on first down, he hikes taxes on nearly $2,000 on the average family with kids in order to pay for a massive tax cut for multimillion naaire multimillionaires. second down he calls an audible and undoes reforms that are there to prevent another financial crisis and bailout and third down he calls for a hail mary, ending medicare as we know it by giving seniors a voucher that leaves them to pay any additional costs out of their pocket. >> reporter: now the president ended that little football metaphor telling voters they need to punt the republican plan but he'll have to lay out a little bit more of his own vision for the next four years, that's what democratic stratties and pollsters tell me. we'll see if he does that tonight. you have michelle caruso cabrera one week after ann romney addressed the
time for president obama to slap back. he got a warmup after mitt romney said that you'd fire a football coach with the record like president obama's. he made fun of republican's plan for the economy. here is president obama. >> on first down, he hikes taxes on nearly $2,000 on the average family with kids in order to pay for a massive tax cut for multimillion naaire multimillionaires. second down he calls an audible and undoes reforms that are there to prevent another financial crisis...
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>> i think that obama with apple could they sell five million and not be disappointing. only with apple could you read that everybody didn't have enough iphones and yet we decided that the iphone is not popular. this is kind of the culture of stock run up, stock come back apple that has been with us ever since it started the move and people abandon apple every time there is a negative headline. >> there is an article today in the "new york times" with apple, will they be the first to break 1 million? >> i think the quarter is going to be better than expected. people aren't focused on that right now. they are focused on the line. i don't want a club that wants me. in the end, apple can stall out and still do well. that's always been something that people can't figure out. how could a stock stall out and go down and still be good? and that's apple. >> jim, we've got to run but what would be the turning point if there was one? people are starting to talk this way. >> what would make it feel like that this is no good anymore would be a sudden surge in samsung phones because
>> i think that obama with apple could they sell five million and not be disappointing. only with apple could you read that everybody didn't have enough iphones and yet we decided that the iphone is not popular. this is kind of the culture of stock run up, stock come back apple that has been with us ever since it started the move and people abandon apple every time there is a negative headline. >> there is an article today in the "new york times" with apple, will they be...
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actually started the whole deal for barack obama back in 2008. >> wow. can i talk about corn? >> yes. >> thank you. go ahead. >> all right. the new report out this morning corn is already jumping on the markets because it was bullish on corn and some traders had been expecting bearish news. they've been selling off corn this week but the usda says stocks as of the beginning of september for the year are 98 # bushels. that is under a billion bushels, very low. 988 bushels. the street was expecting slightly more than 1.1 billion. that is a 12% drop from stocks a year ago with most of it from grain facilities not from the farms. corn supplies on the farm are only down slightly. perhaps as farmers are holding on to corn to meet contract commitments. soybeans, the market is mixed. it was a bearish report with ending stocks a little higher than expected at 169 million bushels. still, a 21% drop in a year. bullish wheat with stocks as of the beginning of september at a little over 2 billion bushels. only down slightly from a year ago but less than the street expected. we'll have to s
actually started the whole deal for barack obama back in 2008. >> wow. can i talk about corn? >> yes. >> thank you. go ahead. >> all right. the new report out this morning corn is already jumping on the markets because it was bullish on corn and some traders had been expecting bearish news. they've been selling off corn this week but the usda says stocks as of the beginning of september for the year are 98 # bushels. that is under a billion bushels, very low. 988...
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and in iowa, obama holds a wider lead, 50-42, but a rasmussen poll had romney up three in i a iowa. the hmaximum margin of railroad is three point, but the difference between rasmussen and nbc is 11. so if you can explain that to me -- really. and then gallup, which after the convention, gallup consistently had obama up by five points and rasmussen was closer. rasmussen has i think the president up by one or two and gallon up it's 47-47. national polls become according to pundits less important because they you willy twr lact the way you can win the electoral college. and some assumptions that bom so far had ohio and virginia, that romney would need to win all these other states where he's down by more than three. but if you can tell me before all the debates who will win ohio, nobody knows will win ohio. i guarantee you, nobody knows who will win ohio. nobody knows any of this stuff. >> and that's why he we have elections. >> on november 6 we'll take a huge poll. and if you poll even 2,000 people, but if you poll 1500 people, you poll this 1500 and you poll that 1500 -- >> some are
and in iowa, obama holds a wider lead, 50-42, but a rasmussen poll had romney up three in i a iowa. the hmaximum margin of railroad is three point, but the difference between rasmussen and nbc is 11. so if you can explain that to me -- really. and then gallup, which after the convention, gallup consistently had obama up by five points and rasmussen was closer. rasmussen has i think the president up by one or two and gallon up it's 47-47. national polls become according to pundits less important...
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president obama thinks we can appease in this situation. i don't think it's working. i think what we see on television every night is a result of president obama's feckless policy in the middle east. his naive idea of positively tings and not having a good enough understanding who these people are, what these people are. and hillary clinton resisted most of this. hillary clinton's first instinct, keep mubarak, keep gadhafi. she said about assad, he is a reformer. you get a sense of foreign policy that's adrift? >> where do you put the killing of osama bin laden in this context? >> i give him great credit for that. great credit for that. unfortunately, i don't give him as much credit as he takes for himself. what he did in leaking the information is dangerous, disgusting, probably the reason you see a book like this is this -- you go after this guy who wrote this book, the s.e.a.l., he just says i'm just doing what boss is doing. the boss gives it away to hollywood. boss gives it away from hollywood. the information didn't come from the administration. administrations
president obama thinks we can appease in this situation. i don't think it's working. i think what we see on television every night is a result of president obama's feckless policy in the middle east. his naive idea of positively tings and not having a good enough understanding who these people are, what these people are. and hillary clinton resisted most of this. hillary clinton's first instinct, keep mubarak, keep gadhafi. she said about assad, he is a reformer. you get a sense of foreign...